On 2003/10/19 12:13 PM, "Phisherman" wrote:

On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 05:32:23 GMT, "Bob Davis"
wrote:

Can a brad nailer be used successfully to hang drywall?


I would avoid using any kind of nails for drywall, at least in my
house. Use drywall screws and avoid those ugly nail pops years later.

By all means, use drywall screws. Note that the fine thread variety are
meant for use with steel studs. Use the coarse threaded ones for wood studs.
Another reason to use real drywall screws is that they are coated to resist
the corrosion that causes rust spots to bleed through drywall joint
compound.

If you are hanging a large amount of drywall, a real screwgun pays for
itself in the time savings and convenience. But you can do just as good a
job with a cordless drill.

Brads should not be used at all for drywall.

Even if you were going to nail up the drywall, you would not want to use
brads. Without heads, they would not hold the drywall against the wall
securely. Most of the nails would pull right through the drywall and provide
no holding power.